SME’s registration: Evidence from an RCT in Bangladesh

Giacomo De Giorgi and Aminur Rahman

Economics Letters, 2013, vol. 120, issue 3, 573-578

Abstract: Firms informality is pervasive in Bangladesh. We implemented an information campaign on registration and find that the treatment made firms more aware, but had no impact on registration. Low benefits and high indirect costs appear to be barriers to formality.

Keywords: Firms; Informality; Development (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O1 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2013.06.026

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